Augusta McMahon @augustamcmahon.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Coffee bags (work like a tea bag), allll the charging cables. 010
Reposted by Augusta McMahonHigherJobz @higherjobz.bsky.social · 24/09/2026📚 Lecturer in Archaeology & Heritage at Birkbeck, University of London, UK Archaeology | Heritage Studies | Higher Education Permanent, full-time position. PhD in Archaeology or Heritage required. Salary: £44,247–£60,858/year higherjobz.com/lecturer-arc... #Acadhiring #Academicjobs #Archaeologyhigherjobz.comLecturer In Archaeology and Heritage | BirkbeckLecturer in Archaeology and Heritage at Birkbeck, University of London, UK. Open to candidates with a PhD in Archaeology or Heritage. 011
Reposted by Augusta McMahonThe Onion @theonion.com · 14/09/2026Archaeologists Discover More Old Shit That Sucks theonion.com/archaeologists-discove… 81670172
Reposted by Augusta McMahonThe Onion @theonion.com · 19/08/2026Historians Reveal Terra-Cotta Army Result Of Perfectionist Sculptor Screwing Up Soldier Statue Thousands Of Times theonion.com/historians-reveal-terr… 122242288
Reposted by Augusta McMahonUmberto Albarella STOP THE GENOCIDE! @umbertoalbarella.bsky.social · 26/06/2026c.org/QySmQDf562c.orgSign the PetitionStop Redundancies at the University of Exeter 001
Reposted by Augusta McMahonASOR @asor-research.bsky.social · 02/06/2026ASOR is pleased to offer 10 Student Travel grants of $250 each for the 2026 Annual Meeting in Chicago this November. Students must be enrolled at an ASOR Institutional Member School to qualify for these grants. Applications are open until August 24, 2026: www.asor.org/fellowships/... 011
Augusta McMahon @augustamcmahon.bsky.social · 08/05/2026I know another great way to learn without Canvas: go to the library. 010
Augusta McMahon @augustamcmahon.bsky.social · 08/05/2026It’s good to see @UChicago pivot so quickly in the Great Canvas Shutout, but I normally just use an alarm clock 120
Reposted by Augusta McMahonAAUP @aaup.org · 05/05/2026The AAUP & @aft.org stand in solidarity with UM Faculty Senate Chair Derek Peterson. Right-wing attacks on his commencement speech are a direct threat to academic freedom. University leaders must stop apologizing to political agitators & start defending their faculty & protected speech. 👇aaup.orgAAUP, AFT, Labor Leaders Support University of Michigan Professor Derek PetersonThe AAUP and AFT strongly defend the academic freedom of Professor Derek Peterson and condemn the escalating campaign of political pressure and public intimidation directed at him following his remark... 111860
Reposted by Augusta McMahonYale Classics Library @yaleclassicslib.bsky.social · 30/04/2026IRAQ Vol. 87 (2025) www.cambridge.org/core/journal... @cambup-archaeology.cambridge.org @augustamcmahon.bsky.social @panktroels.bsky.social 061
Reposted by Augusta McMahonAAUP @aaup.org · 20/04/2026Make college affordable. Fund research. Protect faculty's right to teach and students' right to learn. Expand workers' rights. These are core pillars of AAUP and AFT's national policy platform, the Blueprint for Strengthening and Transforming Higher Education. @aft.org @afthighered.bsky.social 05419
Reposted by Augusta McMahonThe Onion @theonion.com · 25/03/2026Archaeological Dig Uncovers Ancient Race Of Skeleton People theonion.com/archaeological-dig-unc… 9883701587
Reposted by Augusta McMahonDr. Kiersten Neumann @knpazuzu.bsky.social · 17/03/2026A celebration of the extraordinary depth and beauty of Iranian history & culture ✨💙 “Ancient Iran in the ISAC Museum: From Prehistory to the Achaemenid Period” by Abbas Alizadeh, Research Assoc Prof of Iranian Archaeology. Download & purchase: isac.uchicago.edu/research/publications/ISACMP/isacmp3 1217
Augusta McMahon @augustamcmahon.bsky.social · 17/03/2026Yes; five days, many different transport options, and a brief spell in Saudi, and we are all home safely. 020
Augusta McMahon @augustamcmahon.bsky.social · 14/03/2026#Nippur 2026 is over. We squeezed out ten days of excavation, but global events took over. Now on the fourth day of our extended trip back home and we are actually further from Chicago than we were on site. 🏺 3140
Augusta McMahon @augustamcmahon.bsky.social · 02/03/2026We’re fine. Concerned about team members stuck in Doha. Plus they have a lot of our kit, forcing us to go analogue. 130
Augusta McMahon @augustamcmahon.bsky.social · 27/02/2026Another effect of climate change is the increase in small sand dunes on the site (even since last year), created in part from windblown topsoil. A dune field covered the site through the 1990s but had dispersed recently. Maybe they’re coming back. 040
Augusta McMahon @augustamcmahon.bsky.social · 27/02/2026#Nippur day off means a walk round the site, including inspection of the ziggurat of Enlil. Erosion is worsening with climate change and we hope to gain funding to restore and conserve it soon. 🏺 1161
Augusta McMahon @augustamcmahon.bsky.social · 26/02/2026Back to work at #Nippur #Mesopotamia. We are continuing research on the southern urban edge, examining variations in occupation density and diversity from 3rd to 1st mill BCE. @ISAC_UChicago 🏺 0141
Reposted by Augusta McMahonHigherJobz @higherjobz.bsky.social · 19/02/2026🧑🏫 Visiting Ass. Professor in Anthropology (Archaeology) 📍 Hamilton College, USA 🔬 Teach undergrad archaeology courses, methods & theory, mentor students 🎓 Eligibility: ABD/PhD in Anthropology/Archaeology ⏳ Deadline: 15 Mar 2026 🔗 higherjobz.com/visiting-pro... #FacultyJobs #Archaeology#AcademicJobshigherjobz.comVisiting Professor in Anthropology ( Archaeology) – Hamilton, USA | HigherJobzApply for Visiting Assistant Professor in Anthropology & Archaeology at Hamilton College, USA. Full-time, one-year position. 021
Reposted by Augusta McMahonHigherJobz @higherjobz.bsky.social · 17/02/2026💰 Fully Funded | Egyptology Postdoc 2026 | University of Vienna, Austria 🔬 Egyptian Archaeology research, excavation, GIS & digital heritage methods 🎓 Eligibility: PhD in Egyptology ⏳ Deadline: 14 Mar 2026 🔗 higherjobz.com/egyptology-p... #PostdocJobs #EgyptologyResearch #AcademicJobs @univie.ac.athigherjobz.comEgyptology Postdoc Austria 2026 | Fully Funded HigherJobzFully Funded Egyptology Postdoc at University of Vienna, Austria. 4-year research position in Egyptian Archaeology. Apply by 14 March 2026. 031
Reposted by Augusta McMahonArchaeology News Online Magazine @archaeologynews.bsky.social · 27/01/2026Inscribed clay cylinders reveal Nebuchadnezzar II’s restoration of the Kish Ziggurat A new study presents two inscribed clay cylinders that bear direct textual evidence of King Nebuchadnezzar II’s restoration work at the ziggurat of Kish... More info: archaeologymag.com/2026/01/clay... 0203
Reposted by Augusta McMahonLed By Donkeys @ledbydonkeys.org · 24/01/2026Board of Peace - Season 1 472115356468
Augusta McMahon @augustamcmahon.bsky.social · 19/01/2026Gary Larson 1982. Well ahead of his time. 110
Augusta McMahon @augustamcmahon.bsky.social · 16/01/2026I have eaten shark in Yemen (which sounds like a possible title for my memoirs), and it is delicious. It makes total sense that the Neolithic population of the region were onto it. 020
Reposted by Augusta McMahonAAUP @aaup.org · 16/01/2026“It's disappointing to see universities fold under pressure to terminate faculty for expressing themselves online, as if the First Amendment is an expediency to be discarded at a whim.”usatoday.comProfessors fired for criticizing Charlie Kirk are returning to workAfter Charlie Kirk's death, a wave of universities fired or censured staffers for criticizing him. Months later, some professors are returning. 0156
Reposted by Augusta McMahonSimon Kuestenmacher @simongerman600.bsky.social · 03/01/2026Am I a bad person for laughing at this? 933377
Reposted by Augusta McMahonTrowelBlazers @trowelblazers.bsky.social · 14/12/2025Hello! A little Sunday evening survey... 📝 We're looking for examples where info or resources concerning achievements of 🏺⛏️ #trowelblazing women in archaeology, geology or palaeontology have been removed or vanished from public sources in the past year due to external pressures... Pls repost! 03148
Augusta McMahon @augustamcmahon.bsky.social · 11/12/2025No no, do all this but stop in Mesopotamia. 😀 140
Augusta McMahon @augustamcmahon.bsky.social · 30/11/2025At minimum, she needs a decent carving knife and some spices. This ‘feast’ explains a lot. 010
Reposted by Augusta McMahonWuTangIsForTheChildren @wutangforchildren.bsky.social · 12/10/2025Can’t believe all these people are running a marathon through "war torn" Chicago today 491810410
Reposted by Augusta McMahonAAUP @aaup.org · 03/10/2025AAUP President Todd Wolfson unpacks the dangerous consequences of the Trump administration’s compact, which aims to exert ideological control over universities and colleges. As Wolfson makes clear, this partisan incursion into higher education affects ALL sectors. @proftwolf.bsky.social 19043
Augusta McMahon @augustamcmahon.bsky.social · 17/09/2025Maybe twice in 30 years as reviewer, once as editor. 000
Reposted by Augusta McMahonAntiquity Journal @antiquity.ac.uk · 12/09/2025Babylonian map of the world (© The Trustees of the British Museum) and c. AD 1620 Portuguese map of Basra, Iraq (© Hugo Refachinho / CC BY-SA 4.0). Despite both depicting the Shaṭṭ al-ʿArab river, they are completely different, showcasing maps' subjectivity 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy... 🏺 #Archaeology 03911
Augusta McMahon @augustamcmahon.bsky.social · 07/09/2025This. Many colleagues want to be helpful but clearly should just say no. Nagging reviewers is the worst part of my editor job. 060
Augusta McMahon @augustamcmahon.bsky.social · 29/08/2025It’s UChicago. Even an Assoc Prof in 1997 might well still be hanging on. I finished my PhD in 93, and when I returned in 22, well let’s say there were some familiar faces. Problem is which dept? at the moment there are 16 Hums depts (though maybe not for much longer) 110
Augusta McMahon @augustamcmahon.bsky.social · 29/08/2025The library has bound copies only until ca 1990-1991, unfortunately. Maybe his MA supervisor is still out there? 110
Augusta McMahon @augustamcmahon.bsky.social · 29/08/2025He might have been in the first cohort of the Master of Arts Program in the Humanities (MAPH). Even now, paper versions of theses by students in this MA are not normally lodged with a library (main or departmental). They may be placed on Knowledge@UChicago but this is unlikely for 1997. 110
Augusta McMahon @augustamcmahon.bsky.social · 24/08/2025No, we’d prefer to accept PhD applicants for 2026, but the previously lucky departments have joined with the unlucky in solidarity. Awesome colleagues! www.insidehighered.com/news/admissi...insidehighered.comMore UChicago Ph.D. Programs Will Pause AdmissionsThe arts and humanities dean said “nearly all” faculty leaders preferred “a broader pause for the division.” Some social sciences programs also aren’t accepting new students. 072
Augusta McMahon @augustamcmahon.bsky.social · 19/08/2025A lot of overlap with subjects for which PhD admissions are paused for 2026 at UChicago. We are not unionised. 0111
Augusta McMahon @augustamcmahon.bsky.social · 15/08/2025Looking forward to the President and Dean coming around asking ISAC and MES colleagues to please translate the Akkadian, Sumerian and Hittite ones 🙂 000
Augusta McMahon @augustamcmahon.bsky.social · 15/08/2025Please write the President, Provost and Dean of Arts and Humanities. Outrage appreciated, but details of the meaningful value of your degree are even more needed. 010